The tenor of camp is going to change this year under Bobby Valentine. And he’s ready for the complaints.

“When I look at the program we devised, I don’t think of it as tough. But it seems it’s different because a lot of people are frowning. I just asked them to give [it] a few days,” Valentine said this afternoon. “We all know that no one likes change except for those who are making other people change what that person wants them to.

“I happen to be one of those guys who likes change because guys are doing what I want them to do. I would bet there will be 100 guys who won’t really like it because it’s change for them. But they’ll get used to it.”

With so many pitchers in camp competing for jobs, the Red Sox need as many innings as they can. Valentine said he hopes to make the games against Boston College and Northeastern on March 3 nine innings instead of seven. He also is looking to add two games to the schedule before March 15.

Those could be split-squad games or “B” games played on a practice field.

“I don’t think of it as tough. But it seems it’s different because a lot of people are frowning.”

Bobby Valentine, on his plans for spring training

“The more we see [the pitchers] the easier it’s going to be for us to know what we have,” Valentine said. “It can be played anywhere. I’d like the other guys to have different uniforms and I’d like to be able to see it if possible.”

Teams do not play “B” games as often as they did in previous seasons.

“It’s because there’s a lot of lazy people in the game today,” Valentine said. “There can’t be enough. Everyone says [spring training] is too long. I think that’s baloney. To get guys really ready, I think everyone’s working the deadline to get a starter with 30 innings and five [starts]. The numbers just don’t compute.”

Valentine spent all morning on the field, watching the players and talking to his coaches. He is thrilled with the new facility and clearly is enjoying being back in charge of a team after spending two years with ESPN.

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